Countdown

2p.m. on Saturday and I'm packing my overnight bag to take to Sarah's so we can set off early for Stillwater. I'm still feeling nervous, but I think my excitement is winning out at this point.

Sarah and I went to the health expo - if you could call it that - yesterday afternoon to pick up 0ur race packets. I think it took us all of 20 minutes to walk the vendors. There were a few neat things about the expo though. We were able to sign up for our pace group and get information about that. We will be in the more conservative 10:18 mile group. The guy at the table said we should stick with Pete, our pace group leader, until mile 10 at least. At that point we can decide whether or not to push ahead on our own.

The other good thing about the expo was seeing the mile markers that will be up tomorrow. Each mile marker is a current or historical picture of Stillwater.

After dinner at The Dock, right on the St. Croix, Sarah and I drove the half marathon route. It does have some hills, but in general is a flat course. Of course it may not feel so flat tomorrow.

Spaghetti dnner at Sarah's tonight. I baked banana raspberry bread for tomorrow morning.

Wish us luck! Until after the 13.1...